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Following the money behind your government.

The Government Transparency Project is an independent, citizen-led watchdog built to expose waste, fraud, abuse, and self-dealing. We trace who funds Congress, track how members vote and trade stocks, and follow where your tax dollars go — all from public records, so you can see whose interests are really being served. We hold both parties accountable. No spin, no agenda — just the receipts.

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What is the Government Transparency Project?

A non-partisan accountability project for the people who pay the bills. We take dense public records — FEC campaign finance, congressional stock-trade disclosures, federal spending, and the legislative record — and turn them into plain-English tools that show who funds politicians, how they vote, and where the money goes.

We don't take sides and we don't run ads. Corruption and conflicts of interest aren't a red or blue problem — they're a Washington problem — so our job is simply to put the facts in front of you and let you draw your own conclusions. Every figure links back to its primary source.

Explore the project

  • Congress money-map

    Every member of Congress — who funds them (FEC) and what they trade (QuiverQuant).

    View members

  • Follow the money

    Sort by company or organization and see which members of Congress they fund.

    Trace donors

  • National debt clock

    The live national debt, what each citizen owes, and how it grew under each president.

    Watch the clock

  • Federal spending

    Where the money goes — outlays by agency, the deficit, and the cost of the debt.

    See the budget

  • Shutdown tracker

    Is the federal government shut down right now? Status, day count, and the votes.

    Check status

  • FOIA guide

    How to file a Freedom of Information Act request — with a copy-paste template.

    Request records

Live economic indicators

Rendered from a cached snapshot of FRED — the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economic database — so figures reflect the most recent automated refresh.

Real GDP growth

2.1%

Quarterly, annualized · 2026-01-01

Inflation (CPI)

4.3%

Year-over-year · 2026-05-01

Unemployment

4.2%

U-3 rate · 2026-06-01

10-Yr Treasury

4.48%

Constant maturity · 2026-07-01

Fed Funds Rate

3.63%

Effective · 2026-06-01

Federal Deficit

$1.77T

Most recent fiscal year · FY ending 2025-09-30

Updated 2026-07-06 · Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Economic trends

Long-run trends for inflation, the cost of long-term borrowing, and the labor market — hydrated client-side from the public FRED data cache.

Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · public domain

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Government Transparency Project is an independent, non-governmental publication. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. government or any federal agency. Data is sourced from public APIs (FRED (Federal Reserve), U.S. Treasury, Congress.gov, Bureau of Labor Statistics).

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